A garment can be loved for its design and still fail the body it was made for, and that tension is worth taking seriously rather than resolving with a quick sale. The shirt in question is cropped, off the shoulder, and cut close in a 96 percent cotton, 4 percent elastin blend, which explains the tightness; the wearer loves it, finds it uncomfortable, and wants to keep both the piece and the tag. We think the instinct to keep it is correct. Attachment to a garment is information, and it usually points to something a tailor can solve.
This is the same lesson running through our recent work on When Denim No Longer Fits, Reimagine It, where the pull to keep a beloved design outweighed the discomfort of the fit. Our thinking on Where Sustainable Fashion Lost Its Structure applies here too: a natural-fiber garment with a little stretch has structure worth respecting, and it can often be adjusted rather than abandoned. The tag matters as much as the shirt. Keeping it signals that this is a piece held for the long term, which changes how you should treat the fit problem. You are not looking for a replacement. You are looking for a small, reversible intervention.
The practical answer is tailoring, and specifically the kind that works with elastin rather than against it. A tailor can let out a close side seam slightly, soften the shoulder line so it sits where you want it, or add a panel at the hem to give the crop a little more length. Ask for the original tag to stay attached and for the work to be done on interior seams. If the off-shoulder cut is the real source of discomfort, a seamstress can stabilize the neckline so it holds its shape without gripping. None of this requires selling, and none of it requires wearing something that feels wrong.
Our takeaway is direct: take it to a tailor before you take it to a resale app, and ask specifically what can be adjusted without removing the tag. The open question is whether the resulting fit will feel like the shirt you loved or a compromise you tolerate, and that is worth learning before you commit to the alteration.